χαράσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[χαράττω]], <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2"> make pointed, sharpen, whet</b>, <b class="b3">ἅρπας, ὀδόντας</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>573</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sc.</span>235</span>, cf. Plu.2.350d; <b class="b3">καθάπερ βέλη τὰ πράγματα</b> ib. 825f; χαρασσόμενος σίδηρος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>387</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">furnish with notches</b> or [[teeth]], like a saw, τὰ σιδήρια <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Aud.</span>803a3</span>:—Pass., of certain birds, ἔχουσι . . τὰ ἄκρα τοῦ ῥύγχους κεχαραγμένα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>662b16</span>; <b class="b3">φύλλα κεχαραγμένα</b> [[serrated]] leaves, Dsc.4.173, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.10.5</span>; <b class="b3">σκύταλον κεχ. ὄζοις</b> [[jagged]] or [[rugged]] with... <span class="bibl">Theoc.17.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[whet]], [[stimulate]], ἔρως ψυχὰς χ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>684</span> codd. Stob. (ταράσσει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>431</span> codd. Clem.Al.); τὸ φιλόνικον Plu.2.92a, cf. 825f:—Pass., <b class="b3">κεχαραγμένος τινί</b> <b class="b2">exasperated at</b>... <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.1</span>; <b class="b3">κείνῳ τόδε μὴ χαράσσου</b> [[be]] not <b class="b2">angry at</b> him [[for]] this, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>157</span> (lyr.); τῇπαρρησίᾳ χαραχθείς Plu.2.74e. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">cut into furrows, scratch</b>, στρωμνὰ δὲ χαράσσοισ' ἅπαν νῶτον κεντεῖ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.28</span>; κῦμα χ. <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>372</span>; ἀρότρῳ . . χ. χέρσον <span class="title">AP</span>6.238 (Apollonid.); ὕδωρ ἐρετμοῖς <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>3.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">41.114</span> (Pass.); τῷ θερμῷ χαράσσοντι τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Plu.2.651e:— Pass., νῶτον χαραχθείς [[wounded]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>73</span>; κέκοπται καὶ χαράσσεται πέδον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>683</span>; θάλασσα φρικὶ χαρασσομένη <span class="title">AP</span>10.2 (Antip. Sid.), cf. 10.14 (Agath.); <b class="b3">τόπος κεχαραγμένος ὑπὸ ὄμβρου</b>, gloss on [[ῥωχμός]], Sch.Gen.<span class="bibl">Il.23.420</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[smite]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>15.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[stamp]], [[seal]], PRyl. 160.6 (i. A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[brand]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>100.3</span> (Pass., ii A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[engrave]], [[carve]], <b class="b3">ἐν νομίσματι [Βάττον] χ</b>. (i.e. [[stamp]] his portrait) <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Fr.</span>528</span>; οὔρεακαὶ πόντον ὑπὲρ τύμβοιο <span class="title">AP</span>7.237 (Alph.); <b class="b3">στάλαν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">547</span> (Leon.Alex.); [[inscribe]], δόγματα . . εἰς στήλην <span class="title">SIG</span>795<span class="title">B</span>27 (Delph., i A. D.); γράμμα . . τοίχοισι χαράξω <span class="bibl">Theoc.23.46</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>12.130; ἐν τύμβῳ γράμμ' ἐχάραξε τόδε <span class="bibl">Erinn.5.8</span>; τὸν Τροίης πόλεμον σελίδεσσι χ. <span class="title">APl.</span>4.293; γραφίδεσσι . . χάραξα . . ἱερὸν λόγον <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>11; [νόμους] εἰς πίνακας χ. <span class="bibl">D.S.12.26</span>; ὁ γραμματεὺς τοῦ δήμου τὸ β ἐχάραξα <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>481*.430 (Ephesus); simply, [[write]], γράμματα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>2 ii 2</span> (vi A. D.), [[sketch]], [[draw]], μορφὴν χαράξαι <span class="title">AP</span>11.412 (Antioch.), cf. <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>55.5; of the down [[marking]] the cheek, <span class="title">APl.</span>5.344:—so in Med., ἴουλος ἄχνοα χιονέης ἐχαράσσετο κύκλα παρειῆς <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>10.180</span>:—Pass., ib.<span class="bibl">5.404</span>; [<b class="b3">ὄμμα] ἠλεμάτοις ἀκτῖσι χαράσσεται</b>, of lines [[drawn]] with antimony, <span class="title">AP</span>9.139 (Claudian.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ</b> τοῦ νομίσματος κεχαράχθαι πέλεκυν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>593</span>; στήλας γράμμασι κεχαραγμένας <span class="bibl">D.S.3.44</span>; στῆλαι χαράσσονται <span class="title">IG</span>14.297 (Panormus); τοῖχος ἅπας ἐχαράσσετο <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>16</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ χαραχθὲν νόμισμα</b> [[stamped]] money, [[coin]], <span class="bibl">Plb.10.27.13</span>; χρῆσθαι τῷ . . μέτρῳ κεχαραγμένῳ τῷ χαρακτῆρι <span class="title">IG</span>22.1013.64; also of the letters <b class="b2">engraved, Peripl.M. Eux</b>.2: metaph., <b class="b3">λέξις κεχαραγμένη</b> <b class="b2">with a stamp</b>, i.e. character of its own, Diocl.Magn.<span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.213; <b class="b3">τὴν μὲν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὴν σοφιστικὴν</b>) ἰδιώματι κεχαράχθαι φήσομεν Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.77 S. (Perh. a Semitic loan-word, cf. Hebr. <b class="b2">[hudot ]āraš</b> 'engrave'; or cogn. with Lith. <span class="hiitalic">žer̃&lt;*&gt;i</span> 'rake, scrape'.)</span>